NGC 7691
NGC 7691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7691 as it looked roughly 188 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7703Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7711Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7653Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).